CA2124708A1 - Spectrum-Sliced Fiber Amplifier Light Source for Multi-Channel Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Applications - Google Patents

Spectrum-Sliced Fiber Amplifier Light Source for Multi-Channel Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Applications

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CA2124708A1
CA2124708A1 CA2124708A CA2124708A CA2124708A1 CA 2124708 A1 CA2124708 A1 CA 2124708A1 CA 2124708 A CA2124708 A CA 2124708A CA 2124708 A CA2124708 A CA 2124708A CA 2124708 A1 CA2124708 A1 CA 2124708A1
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light source
fiber amplifier
channel wavelength
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Yun C. Chung
David John Digiovanni
Jae Seung Lee
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AT&T Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0221—Power control, e.g. to keep the total optical power constant
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06795—Fibre lasers with superfluorescent emission, e.g. amplified spontaneous emission sources for fibre laser gyrometers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H04B10/2912—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form characterised by the medium used for amplification or processing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50—Transmitters
    • H04B10/501—Structural aspects
    • H04B10/506—Multiwavelength transmitters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50—Transmitters
    • H04B10/572—Wavelength control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to optical transmission systems
    • H04B2210/25—Distortion or dispersion compensation
    • H04B2210/258—Distortion or dispersion compensation treating each wavelength or wavelength band separately

Abstract

The present invention relates to a potentially inexpensive light source for multichannel wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) applications. The high-power amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from a fiber amplifier, which is already in the optical fiber, is efficiently divided into many channels using a WDM
demultiplexer. This "spectrum-sliced" ASE is used as light sources for WDM systems rather than several wavelength-selected DFB lasers.
CA002124708A 1993-10-04 1994-05-31 Spectrum-sliced fiber amplifier light source for multi-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed applications Expired - Fee Related CA2124708C (en)

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US08/130,962 US5440417A (en) 1993-10-04 1993-10-04 System for spectrum-sliced fiber amplifier light for multi-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed applications
US130,962 1993-10-04

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CA2124708A1 true CA2124708A1 (en) 1995-04-05
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